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November 16, 1936

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Headlines from November 16, 1936

LEFTISTS BLOW UP BRIDGE; Three Tanks Captured, They Assert, After Crossing River. 100 ARE SLAIN BY BOMBS Missiles Are Rained on City After the Rival Fleets Have Fight With No Casualties. PEOPLE WARNED TO HIDE 20 Rebel Planes Destroyed in Raids Behind Their Lines, the Government Reports.

By the Associated Press

WITH INSURGENTS IN CASA DE CAMPO, Outside Madrid, Nov. 15. -- Advance units of General Francisco Franco's Insurgent troops tonight fought their way into the University City section on the northwestern outskirts of Madrid.

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WOMEN CONVERGE ON BUENOS AIRES TO DEMAND RIGHTS; Leading Feminists Plan a Fight to Get a Hearing From Peace Conference. NOT NOW ON THE AGENDA Representatives From All Latin Nations Expected on Scene to Ask Right to Vote. WOMEN TO DEMAND RIGHTS AT PARLEY

By John W. Whitespecial Cable To the New York Times

women converge in Buenos Aires

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SECURITY LISTING TO REACH 3,000,000 EMPLOYERS TODAY; First Cards Will Be Mailed Throughout the Nation to Every Establishment. TO BE RETURNED NOV. 21 Second Mailing, on Nov. 24, Will Require Data From 26,000,000 Workers, TAX RATE WILL INCREASE Employes and Firms Are to Contribute 1% at Start -- Benefits Begin in 1942. SECURITY LISTING TO REACH 3,000,000

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Rebels Driven Off, Madrid Says; REBELS REPORTED ENTERING MADRID

By William P. Carneywireless To the New York Times

MADRID, Nov. 15 (Censored). -- Notwithstanding reports emanating from sources outside Spain's capital the enemy is not yet fighting in Madrid's streets, according to government sources. The Moors, Foreign legionnaires and Spanish Fascists fighting in the Rebel ranks, apparently have been unable to force their way across the Manzanares River, bordering the city on the west and almost marking the city limits on the southwest.

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Child Trapped on Palisades Cliff, 120 Feet Up, Is Rescued by Scouts; Boy, 6, Frantic With Fear When He Cannot Move From Tiny Ledge, Is Passed Slowly Down the Precipice by Two Youths Clinging to Rocks Above the Hudson. BOY, 6, IS RESCUED ON PALISADES CLIFF

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H K Whitford, J Solomon and W Bryant rescue J Schwartz trapped on Palisades cliff, near Tenafly, N J

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1936John Moore, Australian businessman and politician^[†]

John Colinton Moore, was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives for over 25 years, serving between 1975 and 2001, and was a minister in the Fraser and Howard governments.

Headlines from November 16, 1936

LEFTISTS BLOW UP BRIDGE; Three Tanks Captured, They Assert, After Crossing River. 100 ARE SLAIN BY BOMBS Missiles Are Rained on City After the Rival Fleets Have Fight With No Casualties. PEOPLE WARNED TO HIDE 20 Rebel Planes Destroyed in Raids Behind Their Lines, the Government Reports.

WOMEN CONVERGE ON BUENOS AIRES TO DEMAND RIGHTS; Leading Feminists Plan a Fight to Get a Hearing From Peace Conference. NOT NOW ON THE AGENDA Representatives From All Latin Nations Expected on Scene to Ask Right to Vote. WOMEN TO DEMAND RIGHTS AT PARLEY

Rebels Driven Off, Madrid Says; REBELS REPORTED ENTERING MADRID

Child Trapped on Palisades Cliff, 120 Feet Up, Is Rescued by Scouts; Boy, 6, Frantic With Fear When He Cannot Move From Tiny Ledge, Is Passed Slowly Down the Precipice by Two Youths Clinging to Rocks Above the Hudson. BOY, 6, IS RESCUED ON PALISADES CLIFF

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